Prevera utilizes advanced detection technologies to identify contaminants and pathogens in food and water, ensuring compliance with health regulations. Their solution provides measurable improvements in safety and quality, enhancing consumer trust in food and water products.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
The food and beverage industry faces significant challenges in ensuring food safety due to reliance on unhealthy preservatives and ineffective methods that lead to shortened shelf life and increased spoilage. Current solutions often present a trade-off between material efficacy and toxicity, impacting consumer health and environmental sustainability.
Solution
Prevera offers a food and beverage protection solution based on antimicrobial short proteins, providing a natural alternative to harmful preservatives. Their technology utilizes a unique mixture of essential amino acids that form a powerful antimicrobial protein, effectively protecting food from relevant pathogens. Upon digestion, the protein breaks down into its original amino acids, providing essential nutrients without disrupting the microbiome. This approach extends product shelf life, reduces food waste, and ensures consumer and environmental safety.
Target Audience
Prevera's primary customers include food and beverage manufacturers seeking to enhance product safety, extend shelf life, and reduce reliance on traditional preservatives, as well as companies in the emerging cell-cultured food sector.
Features
- Antimicrobial protein mixture composed of natural essential amino acids
- Broad-spectrum protection against foodborne pathogens
- Replaces the need for chemical preservatives
- Safe for consumers and the environment, without affecting the microbiome
- Extends product shelf-life, reducing food waste
- Solutions for raw ingredient disinfection and final product protection
- Applications in traditional food & beverage, cell-cultured products, and point-of-use water disinfection